State of Residency: Illinois
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 28, 1968
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 21, 1968
Termination of Mission: Appointment terminated Oct 13, 1969
Note: Also accredited to Togo; resident at Lome. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Feb 7, 1969. A nomination of Jan 9, 1969, was withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it; Sherer was renominated Jan 31 and confirmed Feb 7, 1969. During Sherer's tenure as non-resident Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the Embassy in Santa Isabel (now Malabo) was opened Aug 1, 1969, with Albert N. Williams as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim.
Name: Lewis Hoffacker
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 2, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 21, 1970
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde Jun 6, 1972
Note: Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
Name: C. Robert Moore
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 25, 1972
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 9, 1973
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde Jul 28, 1975
Note: Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
Name: Herbert J. Spiro
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 24, 1975
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 1, 1975
Termination of Mission: Declared persona non grata by Government of Equatorial Guinea Mar 14, 1976
Note: Also accredited to Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
Name: Mable Murphy Smythe
State of Residency: Connecticut
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 17, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 19, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde Feb 24, 1980
Note: Also accredited at Cameroon; resident at Yaounde.
Name: Hume A. Horan
State of Residency: New Jersey
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 30, 1980
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 14, 1980
Termination of Mission: Resigned as Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Sep 29, 1981
Note: During Horan's tenure as non-resident Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, the Embassy in Malabo was reestablished Jun 11, 1981 with Joanne Thompson as Charg? d'Affaires ad interim. Horan continued to serve as Ambassador to Cameroon until May 17, 1983 (see Cameroon).
Name: Alan M. Hardy
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 26, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 19, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post Jun 26, 1984
Name: Francis Stephen Ruddy
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 5, 1984
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 27, 1985
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 25, 1988
Name: Chester E. Norris, Jr.
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 5, 1988
Presentation of Credentials: Mar 15, 1988
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 18, 1991
Name: John E. Bennett
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 1991
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 5, 1991
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 25, 1994
Note: Embassy Malabo was closed Oct 31, 1995. Its functions were transferred to the Embassy in Yaounde Nov 1, 1995.
Name: Charles H. Twining
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 19, 1995
Presentation of Credentials: May 16, 1996
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde Aug 17, 1998
Note: Since Nov 1, 1995, also accredited to Cameroon and resident at Yaounde.
Name: John Melvin Yates
State of Residency: Washington
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 22, 1998
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 4, 1998
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde Nov 4, 2001
Note: Also accredited to Cameroon and resident at Yaounde.
Name: George McDade Staples
State of Residency: Kentucky
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 5, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 24, 2002
Termination of Mission: Left Yaounde, Jul 10, 2004
Note: Also accredited to Cameroon and resident at Yaounde.
Name: R. Niels Marquardt
State of Residency: California
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 2, 2004
Presentation of Credentials: Sep 2, 2004
Termination of Mission: Superseded Sep 22, 2006
Note: Marquardt was originally commissioned to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea; resident at Yaounde.
Name: Donald J. Johnson
State of Residency: Texas
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 22, 2006
Presentation of Credentials: Nov 23, 2006
Termination of Mission:
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